Woden, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Chireno-Martinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75961. It stands on Atascoso Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woden quadrangle. It stands 240 feet above sea level.
On record in Woden
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Oil Springs Oil Field Discovery Welllisted 1977
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1952 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Woden quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Woden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,687 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROL BURN |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8161 FM 226 WILDLAND |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7097 |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 448 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woden in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woden | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the Woden community. One tree crashed through the roof of a mobile home on FM 3228 which trapped a 91 year old woman in the home. She was rescued by EMS units but was not injured. Downed trees and powerlines were also reported across the county from FM 1275 to FM 95. |
| September 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Woden | $50,000 | A roof was ripped off a metal building and insulation was strewn into trees. Minor damage was observed to a trailer 1/8th of a mile southeast where the weak EF0 tornado first touched down. Several trees were damaged about 1/8th of a mile northwest of the circulation center. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Woden | - | Photos of golf ball size hail that fell in the Woden community were submitted to social media. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woden | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in Woden near the Elementary/High School. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woden | - | Trees were downed in the Woden Community. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woden | - | A tree was downed on a poweline on CR 552 south of Woden, Texas. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Woden | - | Nickel sized hail covered the ground with some larger stones in the town of Woden, Texas. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woden | - | About 15 trees were downed between Woden and Chireno, Texas. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woden | - | Several large trees down. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Woden | - | Dime-size hail was reported near Woden . |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lacyville | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Ridge | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Melrose | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Poe | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Suttons Mill | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Clear Springs | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| La Cerda | 8.2 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Woden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8029000 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380799. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






